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Show H ' THE STAFF OF LIFE HH AND ITS C08T HH J Tho sensational advances In wheat HH will convey an ominous significance HH to tho housowlfo. A grocer predict- HH cd a fow days ago that before spring HH brands of wheat costing $6. BO ho HH foro the war, would go to $9.00 or HH more This will bo less than the HH record prtco ot about $10 for theso HHY grades laBt year. But tho advanco HHK will come closer homo to working HH peoplo than any other present re- HHT stilt of tho war. HHTJ . In splto ot American prosperity, HHY ' there aro still largo sections ot our HHf I population for whom bread Is tho HHJ J mnln artlclo of subsistence To great HHl! numbors of recont Immigrants meat HHmI Is almost a prohibited luxury. Thoy H may pick up some remnants and bones cheap, but only for use as an HHV appetizer. Bread and soup are the HHfl menu. A touch of onions or othor HHf punget vcgetablo may be used to HHT give tho meal somo tnng. HHlt A well seasoned soup has a sur- HH prising effect to glvo an othorwlso HH dry provendor somo flnvor, and HHT. makes a meat seem moro substantial HHV than It really is. With this added HHl relish, many new comers to America HHV will gnaw along for days on tholr Hf long loaves baked after tho foreign HHT manner. HH Wheat broad of courso is food of HH the most substantial character. Peo- HH, plo of Indoor ltfo and finicky appo- HH tltcs would not cat enough of It for HH full nourishment. The manual labor- HH cr, hungry from his fatiguing tasks, HH puts it down with avidity. It ho HH camo from the old country, ho may HJI I have learned to cat It without but- HHfll HHeI Tho present high wheat prices will HHMi again oucourago tho farmer to stuff HJHT) every possible acre with tho staple HHVJ grains, and hire money to pay his HHH holp. Hut tho wastes of trench life HHH nro great, tho demand for wheat HHH flour Is enormous, nnd tho American H. working man will pay high tor his K loaf whllto tho war lasts. HHj i It win certainly bo a great year HgUi for tho back yard garden. A few Vjbj square rods put Into potatoes will go HM far to reduce tho flour bill, and pro- Bjij vlde a nourishing substitute |
